Rajmudra

HADSAR - SHIVNERI

24th and 25th December 2005
Region: Junnar, Pune.

Mukkam Post Hadsar..Background Kille Hadsar

Akramanas sajja...Senapati Milind Henry(Gadhave)...

Duparchya Chandanyat chadhai suru....

Khindi madhe kshanbhar wisawa...

It was quite steep u know... jus check out....

Get to that Buruj(rampart) and we win this one....

Amcha ek mavla pochla suddha burujawar....

The last patch was a bit tricky..but after all it was WE-DARE so...

The Gorgeous Gorge...we came up from....

U can never make out there are steps here...Jus superb architechture...

Gavche mama swagatala ubhe....

Waman roop gheuni...kaaliya awtarla..

Beautiful Black Rock temple atop...Some fools had coloured it with white...

Hadsar village from top

One man climbs up this mountain daily and milks his cows grazing atop..Jus unbelievable..

At the very top of hadsar...Wahh..kya Nazara tha...

"Watching the sun go down..."but no 'mysterious girl' here... :-)

Self-made food that too on a 'CHUL' is something we do cherish a lot...

Chilling out with the campfire...

Time to leave for Shivneri...

Climbing down the other side...

Just half an hour to climb down all the way from there...

Back on track...Hadsar fort from the backside behind...

Shivnerichya paythyashi...Mu.Post Junnar...

Shivaji Maharaj's mahal atop...It was here where he lived first 13 years of his life..

Junnar city from the top of Shivneri...

The cradle in the Shiv-Mahal at Shivneri...Could it be the one used for Bal Shivajiraje..??

Really thrilled to visit the birthplace of the GR8 Maratha...

Kadelot point..or the Point of no return for criminals..

Bal Raje with Veermata Jijabai...

Climbing down the Tricky patch in the unconventional route to Shivneri..

From exactly where did we climb down...????

"Jai Bhawani..Jai Shivaji.." Magnificient bronze statue at Junnar..Background Shivneri Fort..